SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 15, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 21 159 159 Osprey 6 126 126 Bald Eagle 5 34 34 Northern Harrier 22 153 153 Sharp-shinned Hawk 158 1493 1493 Cooper's Hawk 3 34 34 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 1869 3907 3907 Red-tailed Hawk 9 105 105 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 149 409 409 Merlin 5 24 24 Peregrine Falcon 4 7 7 Unknown 0 0 0 Total: 2252 6453 6453 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Chuck Owens, Jeff Schultz, Paul Cypher, Raburn Howland Visitors: Pete Przybylski Jim Maki Darlene Friedman Will Weber Weather: Today saw a change in the weather pattern finally from the last number of days of south winds. Mainly overcast conditions prevailed throughout the day with moderate to fairly strong northeast winds. Raptor Observations: This was the first day that the Point Mouillee site was utilized as most of the flight was crossing the corner of the lake before heading inland and to the southwest. There was a slow and gradual buildup of the flight during the morning and early afternoon possibly due to the persistence of the cloud cover. The last several hours of the count were by far the most productive accounting for two thirds of the days movement with some sizable kettles of Broad-wings coming through along with the best push of Kestrels seen so far this season. Today also brought the first Red-shouldered Hawk of the fall. Non-raptor Observations: Predictions: Tomorrow's forecast is for rain throughout much of the day. This should set up ideal conditons for very good flights on the 17th and 18th. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
